ABSTRACT Background: Modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (MSOFA) scoring system has been developed as critical care triage in centers with limited resources. Previous studies evaluated the perprmance of MSOFA only in critically ill surgical patients and showed low precision in predicting mortality. Addition of another variable to improve MSOFA's performance merits firrther investig…
ABSTRACT Background: Patients visit emergency department (ED) with varying diagnosis and severity spectrums. Simple Model Score (SAS) utilizes age and laboratory data to stratify the risk of ED patients and predict their mortally. SMS proves to perform well but its application on population with different characteristics has to be validated. Objective: To evaluate the calibration and disc…
ABSTRACT Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COP!)) exacerbation contributes to the severhy and progression ofCOP!). ills necesstoy to study on the factors associated with exacerbation of COP!) in Indonesia. Objective: To determine the prevalence of COP!) evacerbations in Cipto Man gunkusumo Hospital (Chill). Jakarta during 2010 until 2012 and to identifyfactors associated with…
ABSTRACT Background: Tracheostomy is a common procedure in intensive care unit It may potentially reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation. However, the Impact of tracheastomy timing in critically Ill patients, who are predicted to require long-term ventilatory support, on the duration of ventilator usage is still under debate. Objective: To investigate the association between trache…